Systems - Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art 9780854882342, 9780262527194, 2014039754

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Whitechcpel Gcllery London The MIT Press

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Edited by Edwcrd A. Shcrnken

Documents of Contemporcry Art

Whitechcpel Gcllery London The MIT Press

Ccmbridge, Mcrssclchusetts

Edited by Edwcrd A. Shcrnken

Documents of Contemporcry Art

Co published by WhitechapeL Gallery and The MIT Press First published 2015 O 2015 Whitechapel Gallery Ventures Lirrited All texts O the authors or the estates ofthe authors, unless otherwise stated

Documents of Contemporqry Art

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Systems / edited by Edward A. Shanken

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